Psalm 62 tells us that we can pour out our heart to God. He is a refuge for us. This is a good opportunity to remove from our cup anything that is a false comfort.
Often when we’re oppressed, instead of cooperating with God and going to a place of freedom, we hide in shelters. Sometimes we just go into isolation. We hide behind our jobs. We hide behind busy thin...
O, Lord, help me to lift my eyes and look to the heavens and acknowledge who created all these. You bring out the starry host one by one, and call each of them by name. Because of Your great power and...
My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples. John 15:8
Meanness at church sometimes exceeds anything that occurs in secular surroundings.
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.
I’m about to enroll you in a class with Miss Manners. You’d qualify for a scholarship. I’ll
If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all. Isaiah 7:9
If we would turn the time we spent discussing the other's life into prayer time instead, no telling what would happen to the glory of God.
How terribly we cheat ourselves when we have as much as we want from God. Although many of us have received the gift of salvation, in other ways, we are not unlike some of the Jews Paul encountered. W...
How encouraging to remember that the Spirit of God is more powerful than the spirit of wickedness! As 1 John 4:4 reminds us, You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one wh...
God loves you. His chastisements can be painful, but God never turns His back on us. He will discipline us, but He will not forsake us. He will always seek to draw us back to a place where He can bles...
Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life, to which you were called and have made a good confession. 1 Timothy 6:12
Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you. I will carry you and save you. Isaiah 46:4, NCV
Do you not know that if you offer yourself to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey? Romans 6:16
Christ came to set the captive free—no matter what kind of yoke binds them. He came to bind up the brokenhearted—no matter what broke the heart. He came to open the eyes of the blind—no matter what ve...
Blessing is defined by neither ease nor worldly possessions nor pain-free existence nor stock-market successes. Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner rec...
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
Discover insights into these and other questions. Until then, let’s allow God to use our curiosity to keep us committed to our excursion
Commitment to God. From the moment we began to work together, Beth and I discovered a similar commitment. We share a passion for the Word of God and for people—especially for people with hurts. We bot...